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(No Model.)

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D0011 CHECK.

No. 293.951. Patented Feb. 19, 1884.

i a I 26 A zfarney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES GLELAND, OF WALES CENTRE, NEW YORK.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,951, dated February 19, 1884. Application filed December 3, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES CLELAND, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Wales Centre, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Door-Check, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. v

This invention relates to door-checks; and it has for its objects to provide a device which will act automatically to hold the door open, and can be readily operated to permit the closing of the same. a

With these objects in view the said invention consists in providing the door with a staple, and in securing a pivoted latch to the building adjacent to the door, said latch be ing adapted to catch over the staple when the door is thrown open, and thus hold the same.

It consists, further, in details of construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View, showing the application of my improved check to a door, the latter being in its open position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the door-check detached, and Fig. 3 is a modification of the same.

Corresponding parts are indicated by like letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the stirrup or box, rectangular in form, secured to the building, adjacent to the door B, by means of prongs O O. A latch or lever, D, is pivoted in the rear end of the stirrup or box, and extends over the front end of the same, the front or forward end of the latch or lever being beveled in the form of a catch, E. The rear end of the latch or lever is rounded, and works vertically in the stirrup or box, the forward end of the latter being cut away or recessed at e, to allow the latch or lever to rest upon the same.

F designates a staple, secured to and projecting outwardly from the front face of the door B, the staple being arranged in such a position as to be capable of being engaged by the latch or lever when the door is thrown open.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings. In its normal position, the latch or lever rests on the recessed front end of the stirrup, and when the door is thrown open to its fullest extent the staple strikes the front beveled end of the lever and causes it to rise and drop over the staple, and thus the door will be held securely in its open position.

As shown in Fig. 3, Imay arrange a spring, G, to bear upon the lever or latch, and thus add force to the movements of the same, besides increasing its efficiency.

It will be seen that my improved doorcheck is simple in construction, and acts with precision and efficiency to hold the door when thrown open, besides possessing other advantages of minor consideration.

It will also be seen that my check may be applied to gates, for the purpose of holding them in their open position, and that I reserve the right to make such alterations and amendments as will not depart from the spirit or scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, I claim As an improvement in door-checks, the combination, with the door provided witha staple, F, projecting from its outer face, of a stirrup or box, A, secured by prongs O to the building, adjacent to the" door, a latch or lever, D, pivoted Within the stirrup or box and rounded at. its rear end, and a spring secured to the box and projecting over so as to bear upon the latch or' lever, the front end of the box being cut away, as at e, to allow the latch or lever to rest in a horizontal position upon the same, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES GLELAND.

Witnesses:

S. D. HARVEY, JOHN BROWN. 

